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How to correct your birth time through Indian astrology? Indian Astrologer - Kamal Kapoor
In Astrology, one of the most crucial aspects is correct availability of birth time. Nothing more is frustrating for an astrologer than not
knowing the birth time of a client. Without knowing the time of birth, erecting of a natal chart is not possible. Not many in the world of
astrology know how to rectify the incorrect birth time or to arrive at the correct birth time, after analyzing the life events of a client.
Correct and accurate predictions depend on accuracy of the natal horoscope provided to the astrologer.
There are three requirements for a horoscope to be casted namely date, time and place of birth. Date and place of birth in most of the
cases is correct, but the same could not be said about the time of birth. This is due to various factors. One, in olden days there were no
quartz watches, only mechanical watches were available and these watches would lose or gain time in minutes and sometimes in hours
within a day. In villages, the use of watches was minimal. Secondly, at the time of birth, the main concern of the doctors and nurses is for
a safe delivery of the child and noting the correct time of birth of the child takes a back seat. Therefore, it is always prudent for an
astrologer to verify the horoscope given to him for predictions.
The prime and the most important step for gauging the accuracy of the horoscope is to tally the main events that have already happened
in the life of the native after going through DBA (Dasa, Bhukti and Antars) & Transits. If the events tally, the horoscope is correct; if the
events do not tally the horoscope requires “Birth Time Rectification ". Past events could be education, marriage, separation, love affairs,
illness, purchase of vehicle, property, number of siblings, number of children, parents alive or not, physical attributes or any other event
which could be deemed as important. With a simple cursory look at the horoscope, an astrologer can know whether the time difference is
little or more.
On the other hand, if the horoscope is not showing the happening of the events, the native is keen to find his correct ascendant, or the
astrologer is keen to cast a correct horoscope then the astrologer should apply the theory of ruling planets for " Birth Time Rectification ".
This theory gives accurate and precise results. Ruling Planets There are four ruling planets to be considered at the time of birth
rectification.
Day Lord: Day lord is the lord of the relevant day (i.e. day on which the birth rectification is being attempted) ·
Moon Sign Lord: It is the lord of the sign in which Moon is transiting on the relevant day.
Nakshatra Lord: It is the lord of the Nakshatra in which Moon is transiting on the relevant day.
Ascendant Lord: It is the lord of the Ascendant rising at the time when the query for rectification of the birth chart is put to the
astrologer. Correction of a horoscope using the theory of Ruling Planets involves the following steps. I am going to discuss these steps
before making use of these steps using a practical example, which was done by me on 12 March 2000.
Step 1 First of all, an astrologer should note down the time of the question and take the degrees of the Ascendant.
In case a question is sent to the astrologer via mail or email then astrologer should note the time at which he receives the question.
In case an Astrologer himself is keen to find the degree of the Ascendant of a horoscope, he or she should note the time at which he
or she actually started working upon the horoscope.
Step2 Find the ruling planets at the time the query is made.
Step3 Third step involves casting of the horoscope from the approximate time provided by the native.
Step 4 Take the Table of Sign Lord, Nakshatra Lord & Sub Lord.
Step 5 Now we have to arrive at the Ascendant, Nakshatra & the Cuspal Sub lord from the ruling planets arrived upon from the "Step 2".
Step 6 This step involves casting of horoscope by taking down the degree of Ascendant arrived at by the use of Step 5.

Illustration I carried out this correction of horoscope on 12th March 2000 at 5.21 p.m. in Delhi. The time of birth furnished by the native
was not clear. I was given a time span of 12.00 hours to 14.00 hours. Taking a time of 12.00 hours the ascendant comes to Aries. The
ruling planets on 12th March 2000 shows no presence of Ascendant Lord which in this case is Mars. Hence, the ascendant cannot be
Aries. Until around 1 p.m. the ascendant remains to be Aries. After 1 p.m. ascendant changes to Taurus. After this I made a horoscope of
2 p.m.in which ascendant came to be Taurus. The degree of ascendant was 18 degrees and 18 minutes, Taurus and the native was born on
23.01.1965 in Delhi. The ruling planets at 12th March 2000 at 5.21 p.m. were:
Day Lord: Sun Moon Sign Lord: Venus Nakshatra Lord: Moon Ascendant Lord: Sun

We found that out of the ruling planets, sun is the day lord as well as ascendant lord therefore ascendant was supposed to be correct.
There are three Nakshatras in the sign, Taurus that of Sun, Moon and Mars. Sun is one of the ruling planets (1st star) and so is moon (2nd
star). Therefore, the degree of Ascendant lies in the Nakshatra of sun and (or) moon. The first star Lord of Taurus from 0 to10 degrees is
ruled by Sun, which is one of the ruling planets, similarly the second naksatra lord of Taurus, moon, ends at 23.20.00 degrees. Therefore,
the degree of birth Ascendant lies in the 2nd star lord of Taurus (rohini moon lord), having Nakshatras of sun and moon
and sign of Venus (Taurus).
Taking the time of 2 p.m. we find co-ordinates of the planets for 1.05 pm:
Sun 4,9 Mercury 2,5,8 Saturn 9,10 Sun 5,9 Mercury 3,6,8 Saturn 10,11
Sun 4,9 Venus 1,6,8 Rahu 1,6,8 Sun 5,9 Venus 1,2,8 Rahu 1,2,8
Venus 1,6,8 Jupiter 8,9,12 Jupiter 8,9,12 Venus 1,2,8 Jupiter 9,12 Jupiter 9,12

Moon 3,5 Jupiter 8,9,12 Rahu 1,6,8 Moon 4,5 Jupiter 9,12 Rahu 1,2,8
Mars 5,7,12 Venus 1,6,8 Mars 5,7,12 Mars 5,7,8 Venus 1,2,8 Mars 5,7,8
Jupiter 8, 9,12 Saturn 9,10 Saturn 9,10 Jupiter 9,12 Saturn 10,11 Saturn 10,11

Mars 5,7,12 Venus 1,6,8 Ketu 3,5,7 Mars 5,7,8 Venus 1,2,8 Ketu 5,7,8,10,11
Sun 4,9 Venus 1,6,8 Mercury 2,5,8 Sun 5,9 Venus 1,2,8 Mercury 3,6,8
Saturn 9,10 Jupiter 8,9,12 Saturn 9,10 Saturn 10,11 Jupiter 9,12 Saturn 10,11

The native had a good education. He is a chartered accountant and constantly got very good marks through out his school and college
life. Combination for good education is 4,9,11. After going through the above co-ordinates of the planets, we find that the good education
houses are missing in this horoscope. The native cleared his C.A. exams in DBA of Rahu-Moon-Jupiter. The co-ordinates of these planets
do not support the clearing of the very tough examination of chartered accountancy. Hence the time of 2 P.M. was incorrect. This
horoscope still needed to be corrected. I then took a time of 1.05 P.M. and the ascendant in this case was Taurus.